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2023 Events and Research

Dates to be confirmed

• The Future of Food
  Technology Impacts
  Vertical Farms | 3d Printing/Lab Meat
  The Future of Agriculture and Farming

• The Future of The Blockchain
  Future Implications

• The Future of the Metaverse and Web 3.0 … and The Internet
  Future Implications | 6G

• The Future of Artificial Intelligence
  Future Developments | Singularity | Implications
  GPT-3 (and soon GPT-4), DALL-E, DALL-E 2, and Stable Diffusion

• The Future of Money
  Analogue | Digital | Crypto Currency

• The Future of Robotics
  Humanoid | Industrial

• The Future of Clothing and Fashion
  Technology Opportunities and Impacts | Employment | Waste

• The Future of Transportation
  Humans | Goods
  Air | Sea | Rail | Road
  Automation v Employment

• The Future of Human Employment
  Humans | Automation | Artificial Intelligence | Robotics | Autonomous Transportation and Vehicles | Digital Humans | Technology

• The Future of Manufacturing
  Technology Implications | Behavioural Science

• The Future of Health
  Technology Developments

• The Future of Marketing
  Technology Implications

• The Future of Retail
  Technology Implications | Direct to Consumer

• The Future of Property
  Homes | Offices | Factories | Shops | Restaurants | Entertainment Centres

• The Future of Entertainment
  Technology Implications

• The Future of Sport
  Technology Implications

• The Future of Insurance
  Technology Implications

• The Future of Art
  Technology Implications | VR | AR | XR | NFT’s
  Computer generated paintings and videos through GPT-3 (and soon GPT-4)

• The future of the Luxury and High Net Worth Sector
  Technology Implications

• Brain Machine Interfaces
  Applications | Impacts | Implications
  Neuralink

• 3D Printing
  Applications | Impacts

• Drones
  Product Delivery | Surveillance | Film Making

• Generative AI
  Applications | Impacts

• Made in Space
  Applications | Impacts

• The Legal Sector
  Technology Implications (e.g., Blockchain)

• Trade Associations
  Technology Implications for Industry Members

• The Future of the Financial Sector
  Technology Implications – The Future of Money and Digital Currencies

• The Future of Energy
  Technology Developments

• The Future of Consumers
  Technology Implications for spending and for employment
  Distribution of Wealth

• The Future of Education and The Academic Sector
  Technology Implications for Schools and Universities

• The Future of Governments
  Technology Implications for Politicians and for Citizens
  Legislation keeping up with Digital Transformation

Videos of Recent IORMA Events

• December 2022 – Employee Health & Wellbeing – Lifestyle Medicine and Digital Health – Expert Panel Discussion
  Dimple Devadas, Psychological Coach (Health, Leadership and Creativity) | Noel O’Kelly, Clinical Director, Spirit Healthcare | Dr. John Sykes, GP, British Society of Lifestyle Medicine | Subashini M, Director of Science, Health & Wellness, Holland and Barrett | MODERATOR David Wortley, Virtual Conferences Director, IORMA
  >>> see more

• December 2022 – What is the Metaverse? Impact on Business and Society Panel Discussion
  David Wortley, Virtual Conferences Director, IORMA; Vice President of the International Society of Digital Medicine (ISDM); Founder and CEO of 360in360 Immersive Experiences | Hanene Maupas, CEO of MEXT B2B Metaverse | Jennifer Drury, Founder, BrandLab360 | Stephanie (Hoffmans) Palomino, CPO and General Manager of @Room3D | Andrew Grant Super, MD Berkeley Rand
  >>> see more

• October 2022 – Online buying: What’s Next?
  David Smith, Chief Executive, Global Futures and Foresight (GFF), Futurist, Strategist and Member IORMA Advisory Board, Jennifer Drury, Founder, BrandLab360, Bill McKimm, Co-Founder, Thrive Club and Member IORMA Advisory Board, David Wortley, Virtual Conferences Director, IORMA; Vice President of the International Society of Digital Medicine (ISDM); Founder and CEO of 360in360 Immersive Experiences
  >>> see more

• September 2022 – Consumer Goods Returns
  Retail – Store | Online | Return to Manufacturer
  A discussion of the Reasons for, Implications of, Prevention Methods, Resale, Recycling, End of Life/Waste
  Brian Kilcourse, Managing Partner at Retail Systems Research LLC (“RSR”) USA | Steve Allen, Regional Sales Director UKI & MENA, Metapack Group
  >>> see more

• May 2022 – Will Direct to Consumer D2C begin to supplant Retailing ?
  Join the discussion with experts in this field and a company selling directly to the consumer.
  Brian Kilcourse, Managing Partner at Retail Systems Research LLC (“RSR”) USA | Steve Allen, Regional Sales Director UKI & MENA, Metapack Group >>> see more

• 3 March 2022 – IORMA Webinar : Hospitals, Technology And The Patient
  David Wortley, Virtual Conferences Director, IORMA; Vice President of the International Society of Digital Medicine (ISDM); Founder and CEO of 360in360 Immersive Experiences | Professor Nora Colton, Director, UCL Global Business School for Health | Steve Dann, CEO, Medical Realities | Ashwin Sridhar, University College Hospital, London (UCLH) | Pelham Allen, Specialist Consultant on Hospital Organisational Transformation
  >>> see more

• 24 February 2022 – IORMA Webinar : How AI is enhancing Personal Development
  Experts who design the learning platforms will discuss the benefits that AI poses for personal development, and the challenges ahead with those who train and educate.
  Dr Julie Wall, Reader in Computer Science, Leader, Intelligent Systems Research Group and Director of Impact and Innovation for the School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering , University of East London. | Dario D’Aprile, co-founder, Keptika and CEO, Human and Machine Ltd | Devi Kolli, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, i3 Simulations | Dr Mohammad Hossein Amirhosseini, Lecturer in Computer Science and Digital Technologies, University of East London | Callum Denyer, Co-Founder & CEO, WHYNESS Ltd
  >>> see more

• 2 December – Green Manufacturing – what this involves and how to achieve success.
  Beverley Nielsen, Executive Director, IDEAS, Birmingham City University | Richard Hagan, Managing Director, Crystal Doors | Jules Morgan, Co-Founder, KPM Marine | Ben Towe, Group Managing Director, Hadley Group >>> see more

• 14 October – Gamification
  How Gamification (games psychology and mechanics) can benefit business and personal ambitions
  Lucia Pannese, CEO, imaginary s.r.l. | Gal Rimon, CEO & Founder, Centrical | Helen Routledge, CEO, Totem Learning Ltd >>> see more

• 17 June – Sustainable Buildings – Carl Callinghan, UEL; Anna Hollyman, UK Green Buildings Council; Dr Craig Robertson, AHMM; Heba Elsharkawy, University of East London; Dr Asif Din RIBA, Perkins & Will; Sam Turner, Resilient Works CIC >>> see more

• 3 June – eCommerce in Africa – opportunities and challenges >>> see more

• 20 May – Whole Life infrastructure Carbon Measurement – Sue Kershaw, Costain; Professor Ian Reeves, CBE; Lewis Barlow, Sweco UK and Scottish Office; Richard Jackson, UCL >>> see more

• 6 May – Digital Identities – Who needs to verify? Erik Zvaigzne, Convergence.tech; Christine Elliott, Independent Office for Police Conduct; David Smith, GFF – JOINT IORMA/CONVERGENCE.TECH webinar >>> see more

• 22 April – Diamonds – Ultimate Luxury? Jewellery? Commodity? Heirloom? – Helen Dimmick; Pandora Mather-Lees; John Benjamin; Joanna Parkes-Tonks; Julie Hucker >>> see more

• 8 April – Demystifying Blockchain – Dr Cathy Mulligan, Imperial College London; Saba Shaukat, Capita; Chami Akmeemana, Convergence Tech; Gary Nuttall, Distlytics >>> see more

• 25 March Green Energy – Simon Maine, OVO Energy; Greg Swensen, Briggs Macadam; Richard Jackson, UCL >>> see more

• 11th March – Chatbots, Virtual Humans and Consumers – David Burden, Daden; Dr Julie Wall, UEL; James Laird, Intelligent Voice; Ross Edwards, IORMA >>> see more

• 25 February – Accelerating Irreversible Changes ? >>> see more

• 11 February – The Future Employment Landscape >>> see more

• 28 January – How Technology is changing Healthcare – Michael Phillips; David Wortley >>> see more

• 14 January – What trends will most impact consumers in 2021? – Graeme Leach; Kurt Bayer; Jeff Cole; Greg Swenson  >>> see more

• 10 December – IORMA Review and Consultation

• 2 December – Global Digital Marketplaces
  An ‘IORMA Insight’ presentation by Professor Philip Treleaven, University College London (UCL) >>> see more

• 26 November – A Revolution in the Insurance market. Is the Customer Experience being delivered? 
  Consumers now demand a much higher level of service quality, delivered on a digital platform and with an organisation which is continuously improving using agile techniques.
  >>> see more

• 12 November – Attracting the Luxury Buyer >>> see more

• Reinventing the Local High Street >>> see more

• Reinventing the City High Street – Responding to the Government Task Force >>> see more

• Bringing food production to cities >>> see more

• Online v Classroom Learning – Will this disruption create new opportunities ? >>> see more

• Future of Work and Universal Basic Income (UBI) >>> see more

• Market Trends: A Spotlight on the Nigerian Consumer >>> see more

• The Future of Films – Big screen v Small screen >>> see more

• Reshoring – Manufacturing locally >>> see more

• Resetting Normality | Have we the will ? >>> see more

• Internet of Things (IoT) – what is next ? >>> see more

• Fit for the Future: Inclusion – a radical approach for sustainable business results >>> see more

• Africa – the next Big Business Opportunity >>> see more 

• Health v Wealth: Which is more important ? >>> see more

• Humanity Next – Exploring Societal Futures >>> see more 

• Global Perspectives on the World After COVID-19 >>> see more 

• Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) Webinar – Tackling the Black Box Problem of AI-Based Decision Making >>> see more

• IORMA Immersive Technologies Webinar >>> see more 

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